STAAR Strategies

STAAR Strategies

Do your best

Test Day

• Bring a charged Chromebook

• Bring a pencil and an eraser

• Bring a book for when you are done

• Leave backpack and other things at home

• Leave cell phone home

Open Ended

What are some things you need to bring tomorrow?

Multiple Choice

Which of the following should you NOT bring tomorrow?

• cellphone

• computer

• pencil

• book

To be prepared:

• Go to bed early the night before

• Eat a healthy lunch in the morning

Multiple Select

What things will help you be preapared for your test tomorrow. Pick all the right answers

• going to bed early

• staying up late

• having a good breakfast

• eating snacks in the morning

During the test

• Do not get up without permission

• Pay attention to the time - you only have 4 hours.

Fill in the Blank

We will have ___ hours to take the test.

Need help?

• I cannot help you with test questions

• I CAN read the directions

Multiple Choice

True or False: I can help you with questions you don't understand

• True

• False

Good Strategies

• Answer easy questions first

• Make a mark (like a big star) next to hard questions, skip them, and come back to them later

• Eliminate silly answer choices

• Make times tables T-Charts

• NO MORE THAN 5 MINUTES ON A TRICKY QUESTION

Open Ended

What mark is going to help you remember to come back to the question if you skip it? You can use your own! (examples: star, exclamation mark, circle the number)

Multiple Choice

You should not spend more than how much time on a hard question?

• no more than 9 minutes

• No more than 7 minutes

• No more than 30 minutes

• No more than 5 minutes

Multiple Choice

Which of the following is a good strategy while taking your math test?

• Pick the correct answer

• Eliminate silly answer choices

• Always pick B

• Read the question really fast

Good Strategies

• 1st read: JUST READ THE QUESTION

• 2nd read: CIRCLE/UNDERLINE KEY WORDS

• ELIMINATE SILLY ANSWERS

• SOLVE

• CHECK YOUR WORK

Multiple Choice

How many times will you read a problem?

• Twice

• Once

Multiple Choice

The first time you read a problem you should:

• start circling important information

• just read the problem to understand it better

• solve it right away

• read it fast

Multiple Choice

The second time you read a problem you should:

• start circling important information

• just read the problem to understand it better

• solve it right away

• read it fast

Formula Sheet

• USE IT

• Perimeter/Area

• Length Units

• Volume and Capacity Units

• Weight and Mass Units

• Units of Time

Multiple Select

Which of these can you find on your reference sheet? (Click all the correct answers)

• Area formulas

• Perimeter Formulas

• Units of Time

• Units for length

• Multiplication facts

Open Ended

Do you promise you will make me happy by using your formula sheet?

After the test

The only thing you can do when you are done is read a book.

Good luck, you can do this. I believe in you :)